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Dragonheart
1996
Bowen, a young knight dedicated to the Old Code of Honor of King Arthur, serves his queen by tutoring her son Einon in ethics, morality and swordsmanship. The king is slain during a massacre of rebellious villagers, and a peasant girl causes Einon to fall on a wooden stake which impales his heart. Bowen and the Queen Mother .. Read more
| Starring | Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Pete Postlethwaite, David Thewlis |
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| Director | Rob Cohen |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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Dragonheart
Bowen, a young knight dedicated to the Old Code of Honor of King Arthur, serves his queen by tutoring her son Einon in ethics, morality and swordsmanship. The king is slain during a massacre of rebellious villagers, and a peasant girl causes Einon to fall on a wooden stake which impales his heart. Bowen and the Queen Mother take the dying Einon to a magic cave where a mystical dragon, Draco, saves his life in exchange for Einon promising to live by King Arthur's code. But King Einon betrays his promise and becomes a murderous, arrogant tyrant. When Bowen, now an errant knight, befriends Draco, he learns that in order to kill the evil king, the great dragon must die. For the part of his heart he gave to save the unworthy Einon is now protecting him. Draco's gravest concern is not at dying, but at losing his soul. Ultimately, the moment comes when Bowen must gather his courage to give Draco the death he desires, which will end the evil of King Einon, and allow Draco's soul to join the stars.
| Starring | Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Pete Postlethwaite, David Thewlis, Dina Meyer, Julie Christie, Brian Thompson, Jason Isaacs |
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| Director | Rob Cohen |
| Studio | 4 FRONT VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 39 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 39 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Big Adventures |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish |
| Subtitles | Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish |
| Released | DVD: 13 Jun 2005 HD DVD: 10 Dec 2007 Production year: 1996 |
| Format | DVD |
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Over the years, Sean Connery has played a Turkish warrior, an Irish cop, a Russian submarine commander and 007 — all with the same Scottish accent. Here he lends his distinctive burr to Draco, a 10th-century dragon who joins forces with an itinerant knight (Dennis Quaid). The result is a likeable, if slightly over-eager, mix of derring-do and special effects, which has everything from wicked kings and poetic monks to romantic encounters and revolting peasants. Quaid gives a rousing performance, while Pete Postlethwaite is charmingly awkward as a religious wayfarer with a penchant for rhyming couplets. As the dastardly despot, however, David Thewlis belongs in a pantomime.
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"...In [many] respects, DRAGONHEART is a corker....Quaid has a knack for pulling off this sort of acting challenge..." -- Rating: B
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Medieval dragon romp
I love a film that doesn't aim to be anything other than escapist pap. Throw in a few clich?s, some extravagant acting and a couple of predictable plot lines and you have a movie about whatever. The skill in this mixture is pulling it off with style.
Dragonheart does this with ease. A great medieval romp with dragons, swords and evil kings. Disengage the need for an esoteric stimulating experience every time you watch a film and this will do you good.
The acting is great, though with Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid and Pete Postlethwaite you don't expect anything less. This is cinematic adventuring at its best. -
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4 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Medieval dragon romp
I love a film that doesn't aim to be anything other than escapist pap. Throw in a few clich?s, some extravagant acting and a couple of predictable plot lines and you have a movie about whatever. The skill in this mixture is pulling it off with style.
Dragonheart does this with ease. A great medieval romp with dragons, swords and evil kings. Disengage the need for an esoteric stimulating experience every time you watch a film and this will do you good.
The acting is great, though with Sean Connery, Dennis Quaid and Pete Postlethwaite you don't expect anything less. This is cinematic adventuring at its best. -
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Sean Connery provides the voice of the last dragon on earth in this medieval tale of a freelance knight (Dennis Quaid) who's forced to turn against the tyrant king (David Thewlis) he tutored as a boy. In order to bring the king to justice the noble warrior must kill him, but in doing so he would ...
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Bowen, a young knight dedicated to the Old Code of Honor of King Arthur, serves his queen by tutoring her son Einon in ethics, morality and swordsmanship. The king is slain during a massacre of ... -